Swimming upstream: Engaging the American public early on climate engineering

Wylie Carr; Laurie Yung; Christopher Preston

doi:10.1177/0096340214531180

Swimming upstream: Engaging the American public early on climate engineering

Wylie Carr, Laurie Yung, Christopher Preston

University of Montana

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

9 Scopus citations

Abstract

Calls for public participation in climate engineering research and governance have appeared in numerous scientific and policy reports on the topic, indicating a desire for transparency and public oversight. But meaningful public engagement can require more of scientists and regulatory agencies than many realize. Over the past several decades, researchers and practitioners have developed many different methodologies to enable citizens to productively engage with experts and policy makers about emerging scientific and technological issues such as climate engineering. In fact, the United Kingdom has already convened several public participation exercises on climate engineering. Now is the time for federal agencies in the United States to start similar processes. The public is ready to discuss climate engineering. Are American scientists and decision makers ready to reciprocate?

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	38-48
Number of pages	11
Journal	Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
Volume	70
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/0096340214531180
State	Published - 2014

Keywords

CDR
ENMOD
SRM
carbon dioxide removal
climate engineering
geoengineering
public engagement
solar radiation management

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Access to Document

10.1177/0096340214531180

Cite this

@article{8b6e1de0ab1948eb8235ad3e67faf1b1,

title = "Swimming upstream: Engaging the American public early on climate engineering",

abstract = "Calls for public participation in climate engineering research and governance have appeared in numerous scientific and policy reports on the topic, indicating a desire for transparency and public oversight. But meaningful public engagement can require more of scientists and regulatory agencies than many realize. Over the past several decades, researchers and practitioners have developed many different methodologies to enable citizens to productively engage with experts and policy makers about emerging scientific and technological issues such as climate engineering. In fact, the United Kingdom has already convened several public participation exercises on climate engineering. Now is the time for federal agencies in the United States to start similar processes. The public is ready to discuss climate engineering. Are American scientists and decision makers ready to reciprocate?",

keywords = "CDR, ENMOD, SRM, carbon dioxide removal, climate engineering, geoengineering, public engagement, solar radiation management",

author = "Wylie Carr and Laurie Yung and Christopher Preston",

note = "Funding Information: This essay is based on research supported by the US National Science Foundation grant number SES 0958095 and a grant from the US Environmental Protection Agency{\textquoteright}s Science to Achieve Results (STAR) program. ",

year = "2014",

doi = "10.1177/0096340214531180",

language = "English",

volume = "70",

pages = "38--48",

journal = "Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists",

issn = "0096-3402",

publisher = "Taylor and Francis Ltd.",

number = "3",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - Swimming upstream

T2 - Engaging the American public early on climate engineering

AU - Carr, Wylie

AU - Yung, Laurie

AU - Preston, Christopher

N1 - Funding Information: This essay is based on research supported by the US National Science Foundation grant number SES 0958095 and a grant from the US Environmental Protection Agency’s Science to Achieve Results (STAR) program.

PY - 2014

Y1 - 2014

N2 - Calls for public participation in climate engineering research and governance have appeared in numerous scientific and policy reports on the topic, indicating a desire for transparency and public oversight. But meaningful public engagement can require more of scientists and regulatory agencies than many realize. Over the past several decades, researchers and practitioners have developed many different methodologies to enable citizens to productively engage with experts and policy makers about emerging scientific and technological issues such as climate engineering. In fact, the United Kingdom has already convened several public participation exercises on climate engineering. Now is the time for federal agencies in the United States to start similar processes. The public is ready to discuss climate engineering. Are American scientists and decision makers ready to reciprocate?

AB - Calls for public participation in climate engineering research and governance have appeared in numerous scientific and policy reports on the topic, indicating a desire for transparency and public oversight. But meaningful public engagement can require more of scientists and regulatory agencies than many realize. Over the past several decades, researchers and practitioners have developed many different methodologies to enable citizens to productively engage with experts and policy makers about emerging scientific and technological issues such as climate engineering. In fact, the United Kingdom has already convened several public participation exercises on climate engineering. Now is the time for federal agencies in the United States to start similar processes. The public is ready to discuss climate engineering. Are American scientists and decision makers ready to reciprocate?

KW - CDR

KW - ENMOD

KW - SRM

KW - carbon dioxide removal

KW - climate engineering

KW - geoengineering

KW - public engagement

KW - solar radiation management

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84899874175&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1177/0096340214531180

DO - 10.1177/0096340214531180

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:84899874175

SN - 0096-3402

VL - 70

SP - 38

EP - 48

JO - Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

JF - Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

IS - 3

ER -

Swimming upstream: Engaging the American public early on climate engineering

Abstract

Keywords

UN SDGs

Access to Document

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Cite this